Autor Philip Ball
'An essential primer on humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the secrets of life . . .Excellent . . .Ball is a terrific writer.' – Adam Rutherford, The Guardian'Ball is a ferociously gifted science writer . . .There is so much [here] that is amazing…
A cutting-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, how to enhance it, and what possibilities it offers – from Science Book Prize winner and former Nature editor Philip Ball.Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound…
Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world that we experience has challenged philosophers for centuries. How then do we even begin to think about 'minds' that are not human?Science now has plenty to say about the properties of mind.…
Selected as a Book of the Year by The Times and The EconomistChina's history is an epic tapestry of courtly philosophies, warring factions and imperial intrigue.
'This is the book I wish I could have written but am very glad I've read' Jim Al-Khalili'I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.'Richard Feynman wrote this in 1965 - the year he was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his…
This book offers a largely chronological illustrated guide to how the chemical elements were discovered over the past three millennia. It provides a view not just of how we came to understand what everything is made of but also of how chemistry developed…
Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world of experience has challenged scientists and philosophers for centuries. How do we even begin to think about 'minds' that are not human? That is the question explored in this ground-breaking…
Autor, ve Španělsku žijící Angličan, se pokusil o sepsání objektivní historie nejslavnějšího fotbalového klubu minulého století – Realu Madrid, který v roce 2002 oslavil sté výročí své existence. Devět pohárů mistrů, dva interkontinentální poháry, dva…
Is there a 'physics of society'? Philip Ball's investigation into human nature ranges from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, across economics, sociology and psychology. Ball shows how much of human behaviour we…
Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493–1541), známý jako Paracelsus, žil a působil na hranici mezi středověkem a moderní dobou. Byl současníkem Lutherovým a nepřítelem tradičního lékařství, postrachem univerzit („na všech německých školách se nelze…